Ballou Bests Eastern Storm at BAPS

A lot of the pub lately has gone to a core group of racers who’ve dominated the win column this season.

One driver notably absent from that group coming into Sunday night’s round 4 of “Eastern Storm” at BAPS Motor Speedway was the second-winningest active driver in the series, one who’s eyes hadn’t laid sight on victory lane in 11 months.

Despite that, Robert Ballou never doubted he would soon return to the promised land.  The tide was turning for the 2015 series champ from Rocklin, California native in recent weeks and it was only a matter of time before the Robert Ballou Motorsports/Suburban Subaru – Berks Western Telecom – J. Davidson Scrap Metal/Twister-X/Ott Chevy would be back on the front page.

“I know I can do it,” Ballou reiterates. “There’s never been a doubt in my mind that I couldn’t do it. I just need the tools. I’ve been going around and round with (crew chief) Jimmy Jones, who’s basically taught me everything I know about sprint car racing. He said the car looked fine. It didn’t feel fine, I don’t care what it looked like…”

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